FTC RobotC Programming Problems

[Greg Shaw]

I am a mentor of a rookie FTC team. We are using RobotC. We are having the following programming issues. To the best of my knowledge, the most recent drivers and firmware is downloaded and installed. We selected the sample program for basic joystick control.

We know the computer can communicate with the robot because we can run a basic forward movement autonomous program. We know the robot controller can communicate with the computer because when we follow the recommended instructions we get to a screen were there is a picture of our robot controller and whenever we push a button on the actual controller it that button is highlighted by the robot controller that is pictured on the screen.

According to the tutorial, what we see on the screen should be happening on the robot. This is not the case. We can communicate with the computer via the robot controller. We can communicate with the robot via the computer and the NXT. We cannot get the robot controller to control the robot. God bless anyone who can understand what I have just wrote and recommend a solution. I am sure you can tell I am very much a Novice.